Wikipedia:WikiProject Basketball
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Welcome to WikiProject Basketball. This project exists to improve and connect current and historical coverage of the sport of basketball in its many forms around the world. Though invented in the United States by Canadian educator James Naismith, today basketball is truly a world game with thriving professional leagues on every continent.
This project serves as a bridge between several WikiProjects that touch the sport. WikiProject National Basketball Association is a project that focuses on coverage of the NBA, generally considered the world's top league. WikiProject College Basketball has a deep focus on the collegiate game (primarily but not exclusively in the United States). There is also a task force on Women's basketball that seeks to improve coverage of the women's game. Please feel free to join the efforts of these projects as well. There are also many projects that touch basketball, such as country-specific sports projects, WikiProject Olympics, college sports specific projects, etc.
Focus
editGiven that specific focus on the NBA, college basketball and women's basketball in those projects, WP:Basketball focuses on overarching consistency for coverage of basketball (an important role as players and coaches move between leagues and borders with ease). Some examples of what the project covers are:
- Professional leagues around the world
- The Olympic Games and other international competitions
- Other forms of the sport such as Wheelchair basketball, 3x3 basketball, Street basketball and Water basketball
- Overall history of the sport
- Basketball rules and strategy
- High school basketball
- Basketball Museums and Halls of Fame
- Basketball venues
- Basketball in media (books, film, television, video games, comics, magazines, etc.)
- Barnstorming and entertainment-focused teams such the Harlem Globetrotters
- Minor league basketball (such as the defunct Continental Basketball Association)
- Industrial basketball (such as the American AAU)
- Any other topic clearly related to basketball that doesn't fit cleanly into one of the other WIkiProjects listed above.
When creating or editing an article that falls within this scope, please add the tag below to that article's Talk Page so that it is included in the project's worklists:
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Members
editYou can find a list of all Members here. Joining WikiProject Basketball is easy – just add your username to the bottom of the list. When joining the project, you should watch this page. This allows you to keep up-to-date with discussions about the project on the talk page.
Manual of style
editGuidelines and help pages for writing articles and other contributions.
Articles
editManual of style for a few common types of article:
- Club manual of style
- Team manual of style (NBA teams)
- National team manual of style
- National association manual of style
- Competition manual of style
- League season manual of style
- Club season manual of style
- Country season manual of style
- Match manual of style
- Player manual of style
- Stadium manual of style
Categories
editInfo on in what category articles should be placed:
Templates
editNumerous templates exist, how to find them and how to use them:
Notability
editHow to know if an article should be on Wikipedia or not:
- Notability guideline for players (official Wikipedia guideline)
- Notability guidelines for clubs (WikiProject guideline)
- Notability guidelines for leagues (WikiProject guideline)
Goals
editImprove browsing aids
editThe search box doesn't always help the reader find what he is looking for, especially when he doesn't know what it is exactly that he wants to find. The following tools help readers see what we have available and enable him to travel through the subject in various ways. But they are incomplete and need your help to finish them and keep them up-to-date.
- Outline of basketball - topic outline, which serves as a structured index, structured glossary, and as a table of contents/menu/site map of the subject. The annotations are included to assist in topic selection. A Wikipedia outline is a type of tree structure, with the hierarchy maintained through headings and indented bullets. WP outlines are parseable, should someone want to develop outliner-style tools for these.
- Index of basketball articles - alphabetical index.
- Glossary of basketball terms - alphabetical glossary.
- Category:Basketball - a whole branch of categories, including articles, subcategories, sub-subcategories, etc.
- Portal:Basketball- a Reader's Digest-like approach, with article excerpts.
Guidelines are needed...
editGuidelines are needed for basketball-related articles, including:
- Teams (NBA, NBDL, International, WNBA and the like)
- Team info (template)
- Team history (abridged)
- A separate link to detailed history, if it is appropriate
- Current roster (template)
- Retired numbers & Hall of Famers
- Links to more info (template)
- All-time team records
- Award winners & league leaders
- Team records
- Players of note (non-HoFers)
- Team's HoF
- Broadcasters
- Managers & ownership
- Post-season series
- Stadiums (history extending beyond basketball)
- Biographies (from players to managers to owners)
- This seems to be a separate project
- NBA Finals
- Other postseason series (NBDL, International, etc.)
- Regular season playoffs
- Other postseason series (NBDL, International, etc.)
- Leagues & Divisions
- Defunct teams
- Defunct leagues
- National Teams
- Team info
- Team history
- Current roster
- All-time team records
- Team records
- Miscellaneous
Basketball-related articles on Wikipedia seem to be maintained well, but work is certainly needed.
To do
editTo-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Basketball: Project related tasks
Article related tasks
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General strategy and discussion forums
editTemplates
edit- Infoboxes:
- Team roster templates:
- Pro teams:
- {{Hoops team start}}
- {{Hoops team player}}
- {{Hoops team footer}}
- Amateur/college teams:
- Pro teams:
- Others:
- {{Basketballbox}}
- {{Basketball kit}}
- {{International basketball}}
- {{International women's basketball }}
- {{Men's professional basketball leagues}}
- {{International youth basketball}}
- {{International youth basketball (Women)}}
- {{National Basketball Association}}
- {{Women's National Basketball Association}}
- {{NBA Arenas}}
- {{NBA50}}
- {{PBA}}
- {{Philippine Basketball Association seasons}}
- {{PBA25}}
Useful links
editArticle alerts
editDid you know
- 15 Nov 2024 – Trey McKenney (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TonyTheTiger (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2024 – Oscar Goodman (basketball) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TonyTheTiger (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Oct 2024 – Charel Allen (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by WikiOriginal-9 (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Oct 2024 – Trisha Stafford-Odom (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by WikiOriginal-9 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Oct 2024 – John Moore (basketball) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Bagumba (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 13 Nov 2024 – Anadolu Efes S.K. past rosters (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Chidgk1 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
- 13 Nov 2024 – Acıbadem Üniversitesi S.K. (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Chidgk1 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 20 Nov 2024 – Mahamadou Baradji (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by LibStar (t · c): Could not find in-depth sources to meet WP:SPORTSCRIT.
- 19 Nov 2024 – Otago Gold Rush (basketball) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by DaHuzyBru (t · c): Fails WP:GNG and WP:NORG
- 11 Nov 2024 – Bobby Tossetti (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by GPL93 (t · c) was deleted
Templates for discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Template:Senegal Men Basketball Squad 1980 Summer Olympics (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Sbaio (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Template:Cuba Men Basketball Squad 1952 Summer Olympics (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Sbaio (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Template:Puerto Rico Men Basketball Squad 1988 Summer Olympics (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Geardona (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Template:China Men Basketball Squad 1988 Summer Olympics (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Geardona (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Template:Spain Men Basketball Squad 1988 Summer Olympics (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Geardona (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Template:Canada Men Basketball Squad 1988 Summer Olympics (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Geardona (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Template:South Korea Women Basketball Squad 1988 Summer Olympics (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Geardona (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Template:South Korea Men Basketball Squad 1988 Summer Olympics (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Geardona (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Template:Bulgaria Women Basketball Squad 1988 Summer Olympics (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Geardona (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – Template:Yugoslavia Women Basketball Squad 1984 Summer Olympics (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Geardona (t · c); see discussion
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Redirects for discussion
- 20 Nov 2024 – Le4and6 (talk · edit · hist) →LeBron James was RfDed by TeapotsOfDoom (t · c); see discussion
Files for discussion
- 21 Nov 2024 – File:Backboard shattering.jpeg (talk · edit · hist) (on Backboard shattering) was FfDed by Left guide (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 30 Oct 2024 – Charel Allen (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by WikiOriginal-9 (t · c); start discussion
- 29 Oct 2024 – Trisha Stafford-Odom (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by WikiOriginal-9 (t · c); start discussion
- 19 Oct 2024 – Tricia Bader Binford (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by WikiOriginal-9 (t · c); start discussion
- 24 Apr 2024 – Stephen Curry (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Beemer03 (t · c); start discussion
Featured article reviews
- 05 Nov 2024 – Tim Duncan (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by ScarletViolet (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 22 Oct 2024 – Gui Carvalho (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Gui Santos by Maiō T. (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Oct 2024 – Gui Santos (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Gui Carvalho by Maiō T. (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Sep 2024 – Milwaukee Bucks (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Draft:History of the Milwaukee Bucks by Awhellnawr123214 (t · c); see [[Talk:Draft:History of the Milwaukee Bucks|discussion]]
Articles for creation
- 15 Nov 2024 – Draft:Ilker Furat (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Heathbar1981 (t · c)
- 17 Oct 2024 – Draft:Gonzaga–Washington State men's basketball rivalry (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 15 Oct 2024 – Draft:Zoran Trivan (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by TriSK91 (t · c)
- 18 Oct 2024 – Draft:Makira Cook (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Swagtennis (t · c) was accepted to Makira Cook (talk · edit · hist) by Grahaml35 (t · c) on 18 Nov 2024